Food, Agriculture, & Nutrition

City Harvest is New York City’s largest food rescue organization, helping to feed the nearly 1.2 million New Yorkers struggling to put meals on the table.

Feeding America is the largest hunger-relief organization in the United States. Through a network of more than 200 food banks, 21 statewide food bank associations, and over 60,000 partner agencies, food pantries and meal programs, we helped provide 6.6 billion meals to tens of millions of people in need last year. Feeding America also supports programs that prevent food waste and improve food security among the people we serve; brings attention to the social and systemic barriers that contribute to food insecurity in our nation; and advocates for legislation that protects people from going hungry.

We seek to drive hunger from our communities today and end hunger forever.

Our mission is to empower local community programs to improve the health and quality of life of the seniors they serve so that no one is left hungry or isolated.

We work to end hunger through community partnerships.

Fresh Truck is on a mission to radically impact community health by getting fresh food to people that need it the most.

Mission: To nourish hungry people and lead the community in the fight against hunger.

Feeding Tampa Bay, part of the national Feeding America network, focuses on providing food to nearly 1 million food insecure families in the 10-county area of West Central Florida. We change lives one meal at a time by leading our community in the fight against hunger.

Our mission is to bring together all available resources for the benefit of the hungry and food insecure on Long Island and, to the best of our ability, provide for the humanitarian needs of our community. Our goals are to improve food security for families, sponsor programs that help families achieve self-sufficiency, and educate the public about the root causes and consequences of hunger on Long Island.

Food Recovery Network is a national nonprofit that empowers students and professionals to fight waste and feed people through food recovery.

"The Greater Chicago Food Depository, Chicago’s food bank, started with one purpose – to nourish our neighbors at risk of hunger. And as the needs of our neighbors have evolved, so have we. Our work against hunger has expanded to address the issues that cause food insecurity and poverty." - https://www.chicagosfoodbank.org/about/

High Plains Food Bank's mission is to alleviate hunger in the Texas Panhandle.

Harvesters' mission is to feed hungry people today and work to end hunger tomorrow. Harvesters provides food and related household products to more than 760 nonprofit agencies including emergency food pantries, community kitchens, homeless shelters, children’s homes and others. We also offer education programs to increase community awareness of hunger and teach about good nutrition.

The Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association is creating a food system that is healthy and fair for all of us. Through education, training and advocacy, MOFGA is helping farmers thrive, making more local, organic food available and building sustainable communities.

Our mission is to meet the basic needs of individuals experiencing economic hardships and related problems through our self-choice food pantry, kids clothing bank, backpacks with supplies, and much more!

We envision a community where no one is hungry. We create a community that promotes the well-being of all by providing nutritious meals, warm showers, laundry services, and other programs in a caring and collaborative manner.

Akshaya Patra Foundation, founded in 2000, centers its efforts around providing aid to impoverished children through classroom food and education development. Akshaya's school lunch program serves food to over 18 million children across India every day.

"In California, 1 in 5 households are food insecure. At the same time, 35 percent of the food produced in the U.S. is unsold or uneaten each year, amounting to an annual loss of $408B to the economy. Food Forward creates a sustainable solution to both these problems. Our dedicated team members and volunteers—people just like you—recover fruits and vegetables that would have been wasted from backyard fruit trees, public orchards, farmers markets, and the downtown Los Angeles Wholesale Produce Market. We connect this abundance of nutritious food to people experiencing food insecurity, donating 100% of the produce we recover to hunger relief agencies across 13 California counties that include Los Angeles and Ventura, along with 7 adjacent states and tribal lands." - https://foodforward.org/what-we-do/

"Citymeals on Wheels provides a continuous lifeline of nourishing meals and vital companionship to our homebound elderly neighbors. Learn more about how we do it and see our work in action. MEAL PROGRAMS Citymeals delivers weekend, holiday and emergency meals to frail aged New Yorkers, ensuring they never go a day without a nutritious meal and a warm visit. WEEKEND MEALS Saturday and Sunday meals delivered by hand each week HOLIDAY MEALS Festive meals for major holidays HOLIDAY BOXES Boxes containing nonperishable meals provided before holidays when our centers must close EMERGENCY MEALS Bags with two shelf-stable meals for times when emergencies delay our regular deliveries EMERGENCY FOOD PACKAGES Packages containing nonperishable meals delivered in preparation for harsh winter weather MOBILE FOOD PANTRY Bags of shelf-stable food brought to those most at risk of malnutrition"

To serve Becker County residents in need with programs that provide food, promote the value of nutrition, and make connections to community resources to ensure a meaningful impact to our community’s wellbeing.

Ozarks Food Harvest is the Feeding America food bank for southwest Missouri, serving 270 hunger-relief organizations across 28 Ozark counties. The Food Bank currently provides more than 23 million meals annually. This is especially important as one in five children and one in six adults face food insecurity in southwest Missouri. Founded in 1983, the Food Bank accepts, processes, warehouses and distributes food and supplies to a network of food pantries, kitchens and shelters, in addition to direct-relief programs such as the Weekend Backpack Program, Mobile Food Pantry, After-School & Summer Food Programs, Senior Food Program and more. Ozarks Food Harvest works in partnership with the community to salvage good food and distribute it to member agencies who make it available to hungry people. Much of the food is provided by retailers and local food companies who donate items that may be deemed inadequate for sale, but is still safe to eat. Ozarks Food Harvest and its volunteers inspect

We build schools and provide education for children living on coffee farms to give them a future beyond the fields.

Wedontwaste Inc falls under the Food Programs category: Organizations that provide access to free or low-cost food products to children, seniors, or indigents by distributing groceries, providing meals, providing facilities for storing food or making available land on which people can grow their own produce.

GROW North Texas connects North Texans to food, farms, and community to create a sustainable, secure regional food system that enriches the land, encourages economic opportunity through food and agriculture, and provides equitable access to healthy, nutritious food for all residents.

West Side Campaign Against Hunger is on a mission to alleviate hunger by ensuring that all New Yorkers have access with dignity to a choice of healthy food and supportive services. Food insecurity is pervasive in NYC, affecting people in every borough. At WSCAH, we’ve pioneered a model that invites our customers to choose food from an array of healthy options. Fruits, vegetables, grains, proteins, and dairy. We believe that all people, regardless of income, should have access to the same quality options available in any supermarket, for free.

"Food For Free improves access to healthy food through establishing innovative programming and partnerships to overcome barriers and strengthen the community food system." - https://foodforfree.org/about-us/

Our mission is to promote wellness and enrich lives through the power of healthy foods and human connection.

#HashtagLunchbag is a global movement that empowers everyday people in their local community to spread love, one lunch bag at a time.

"The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is a Swiss-based foundation launched by the United Nations in 2002 to tackler the human suffering caused by malnutrition." - https://www.gainhealth.org/

FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES IGNITES THE POWER OF COMMUNITY TO NOURISH PEOPLE FACING HUNGER.

FARM SHARE, INC. (THE ORGANIZATION) IS FLORIDA'S LARGEST NONPROFIT INDEPENDENT FOOD BANK SERVING THE STATE OF FLORIDA. FARM SHARE'S MISSION IS TO ALLEVIATE HUNGER AND FIGHT POVERTY BY RECOVERING AND DISTRIBUTING HEALTHY AND NUTRITIOUS FRUITS, VEGETABLES, PROTEINS AND OTHER NON-PERISHABLE FOOD PRODUCTS TO FLORIDA FAMILIES, CHILDREN, SENIORS AND INDIVIDUALS IN NEED. OUR GOAL IS THAT NO FLORIDIAN GOES HUNGRY AND NO FOOD GOES TO WASTE. FARM SHARE, INC. ACCOMPLISHES THIS BY COLLECTING AND RECEIVING FOOD AND BEVERAGES FROM FLORIDA FARMERS, COMPANIES, CORPORATIONS AND OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, STORING THEM IN OUR WAREHOUSES, AND THEN UTILIZING OUR FLEET OF TRUCKS TO REDISTRIBUTE THE FOOD TO LOCAL AND REGIONAL PARTNER FOOD PANTRIES, FOOD AGENCIES, COMMUNITY CENTERS, SOUP KITCHENS AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN ORDER TO FEED THOSE WHO ARE ECONOMICALLY CHALLENGED AND FOOD INSECURE. FARM SHARE HAS BEEN SERVING THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOR THE PAST 30 YEARS.

Reunity Resources was founded with the knowledge that community-scale change is necessary for climate resilience. We create effective closed-loop systems that allow our community to participate in active solutions. We further these practices through environmental education, community engagement, and local food systems advocacy to sow seeds for broader scale participation in and replication of these principles.

NOURISH PEOPLE. BUILD SOLUTIONS. EMPOWER COMMUNITIES. NO ONE GOES HUNGRY.

To feed people by soliciting and distributing food and other products through partner agencies and educating the community about the nature of and solutions to problems of hunger.

Our Mission To enrich the lives of seniors and homebound adults in the South-Metro Denver area by providing nutritious meals and services that promote dignity, well-being and independence.

WORKING TOGETHER TO ENSURE EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITIES HAS THE NUTRITIOUS FOOD THEY NEED EVERY DAY.

FRESHFARM builds a more equitable, sustainable, and resilient food system in the Mid-Atlantic region. Since 1997, FRESHFARM has worked to produce innovative solutions for our local food system in partnership with local communities and organizations. We create food access, economic development, and thriving communities through hands-on education, farmers markets, and food distribution programs.

THE MISSION OF THE CAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK (THE FOOD BANK OR CAFB) IS TO HELP OUR NEIGHBORS THRIVE BY CREATING MORE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO FOOD AND OPPORTUNITY THROUGH COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS.

THE FOOD BANK OF CONTRA COSTA AND SOLANO (FOOD BANK) WAS INCORPORATED ON JULY 28, 1975. THE FOOD BANK WAS ESTABLISHED IN ORDER TO EFFICIENTLY GATHER, WAREHOUSE, AND DISTRIBUTE FOOD PRODUCTS TO CONTRA COSTA COUNTY CHARITIES MEETING EMERGENCY FOOD (CONTINUED ON SCH O) NEEDS. IN NOVEMBER 1996 THE FOOD BANK TOOK OVER RESPONSIBILITY FOR PROVIDING FOOD TO SOLANO COUNTY CHARITIES. IN FURTHERANCE OF ITS PURPOSE, THE FOOD BANK PROVIDES FOOD TO SUPPLEMENTAL FEEDING PROGRAMS, PROMOTES AWARENESS OF HUNGER, FOOD WASTE AND THE VALUE OF PROPER NUTRITION. THE FOOD BANK IS GOVERNED BY A BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF AT LEAST ELEVEN MEMBERS. THE FOOD BANK RECEIVES FUNDING FROM PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SOURCES.

FOODSHARE WORKS TO END HUNGER AS PART OF THE OVERALL COMMUNITY EFFORT TO ALLEVIATE POVERTY IN HARTFORD AND TOLLAND COUNTIES.

FEEDMORE'S MISSION IS TO FIGHT HUNGER IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA. WE ARE THE CORE HUNGER RELIEF ORGANIZATION SERVING CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND SENIORS WITHIN OUR 34 CITY AND COUNTY SERVICE AREA.

FEEDING OUR NEIGHBORS IN NEED AND LEADING THE COMMUNITY TO END HUNGER. A SAFETY NET SECURING AND DISTRIBUTING FOOD TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES THROUGH MORE THAN 300 MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION SITES AND 150 HUNGER-RELIEF PARTNERS IN SONOMA COUNTY AND BEYOND.

TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO FARM FAMILIES THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED A MAJOR ILLNESS, INJURY OR AN ACT OF NATURE THAT HAS CAUSED UNDUE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP

TO FEED EVERY HUNGRY PERSON TODAY, TO SEED PARTNERSHIPS THAT BUILD SELF- SUFFICIENCY FOR TOMORROW, AND LEAD TO ACHIEVE OUR VISION OF PERMANENTLY ENDING HUNGER IN NEW MEXICO.

LEADING THE EFFORT TO ELIMINATE HUNGER IN OUR COMMUNITY.

Daily Bread Community Food Pantry Inc falls under the Food Banks & Pantries category: Organizations that gather, store and distribute food to indigents at no charge or at low cost.

TO LEAD THE COMMUNITY-WIDE EFFORT TO END HUNGER IN EASTERN IOWA AND WESTERN ILLINOIS.WE WILL DO THIS BY LEVERAGING PARTNERSHIPS TO HELP PEOPLE IN NEED TO STABILIZE THEIR LIVES ENGAGING THE PUBLIC ON HUNGER ISSUES ADVOCATING ON BEHALF OF HUNGRY PEOPLE AND DISTRIBUTING SURPLUS FOOD THROUGH OUR NETWORK OF HUNGER RELIEF AGENCY PARTNERS

SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC.(THE FOOD BANK) WAS FOUNDED IN 1978.ITS MISSION IS TO FEED HUNGRY PEOPLE AND WORK TO SOLVE HUNGER ISSUES IN OUR COMMUNITY